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Aviation Daily, February 19, 2015

VOL. 400 NO. 30 February 19, 2015

Airlines

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Lufthansa To Cut Back Embraer Fleet, Move Some To Austrian

Feb 18, 2015
According to company sources, the airline will phase out most of the 34 Embraer 190s and 195s currently operated by its regional subsidiary, Lufthansa CityLine.
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Etihad Regional To Downsize, Focus On Wet-Lease Operations

Feb 18, 2015
The airline will provide ACMI services to partner carriers within the Etihad Airways partner group. In Europe, Etihad’s equity alliance encompasses Air Berlin, Alitalia and Air Serbia.
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Vanilla Air To Pause Expansion Until FY2016

Feb 18, 2015
The carrier intends to boost its Tokyo Narita-Hong Kong flights from daily to twice-daily frequency beginning Feb. 21, but this may be its last expansion for some time.
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SIA Adds More 777s, A330s To Fleet

Feb 18, 2015
This week SIA took delivery of its 24th Boeing 777-300ER, and is due to receive another by the end of March, an airline spokesman says.
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Cuts Yield Promising Results For AirAsia Spinoffs

Feb 17, 2015
Although rapid growth has been one of the hallmarks of AirAsia, some of the carriers within the group have been scaling back growth or downsizing, in order to strengthen their bottom lines.
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Virgin America Sees Softness On Transcontinental Routes And In Dallas

Feb 18, 2015
Cush also blamed similar factors for relative weaknesses at Dallas Love Field, though the major competitor there is Southwest Airlines.
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Alaska Buys Six Boeing 737-900s

Feb 19, 2015
Alaska Airlines has purchased six Boeing 737-900ERs, valued at $594 million, for delivery between 2016 and 2017. “We’re delighted Boeing is able to expedite delivery of four of these new 737-900ERs, increasing the number of planes we’ll receive next year to 19,” said Andrew Harrison, Alaska Airlines executive vice president and chief revenue officer. The aircraft will replace 737-400s and carry 25% more passengers using the same amount of fuel, Boeing notes.

Airports

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Greece Stops Airport Privatization

Feb 17, 2015
The country’s new left-wing government has pledged to scrutinize privatization projects across all industries as it tries to break up earlier agreements between Greece and other European governments that, it claims, are unbearable financially and socially.
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Remote Tower Vendors See Growing Interest From ANSPs, Airports

Feb 19, 2015
Interest in virtual control towers is shifting from curiosity to serious consideration as a growing number of air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and airports consider cost-benefit analyses for staffing air traffic control towers at low-volume airports, or when contemplating new tower construction at higher-activity airports. “What we’re seeing is fully formed requirements coming out of a number of different ANSPs,” says Alex Sauriol, executive vice president for airport and ATM solutions for Searidge Technolofies.

Industry Data

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U.S. Airline Employment

Feb 19, 2015
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